hiroshi tsunoda for designcode

barcelona-based japanese designer hiroshi tsunoda has developed two new lighting products for spanish brand designcode.‘chibi’

‘chibi’ is a word the japanese use to call something small, with affection. in this design, simplicity becomes a new way of representing the iconic forms of a lamp. the main idea behind ‘chibi’ was to create a product that was easy to build yourself. simple manufacturing was used to produce it – a laser cut iron sheet is folded without any kind of assembling, glue or screws.

‘chibi’ lit

the laser cut iron sheet of ‘chibi’

‘chibi’ in its flat form

bending the lamp

‘chibi’ in its completed form

template for the ‘chibi’ lamp

‘nona’

‘nona’ is designed as a gift. its packaging hides the collared part of the lamp and all its components, making it a product that doesn’t need to be wrapped. the shape is suggestive of a panettone cake whose resulting design achieves a surprising play on light and shadows with organic and geometric patterns. ‘nona’ is a light box, a white retro illuminated volume that, due to the reflections on its base, radiates slightly tinted light.

‘nona’ lit

‘nona’ lamps

top view

the workshop